Last week I hosted a ‘Christmas Traditions around the World’ Event at home for the children and some of their friends. There are so many wonderful traditions around the world that it was really hard to choose just a handful to cover! The ones we looked at were: Mexico – Los Posadas Philippines – Giant…
Christmas Traditions
Lego Friends : Review
*Ad Lego seems to be one of the gifts that all three children have asked for this year – H is very much still into his Duplo, but he’s moving to enjoy playing with his sibling’s lego too. Very recently sent us two of the Lego Friends sets to review, LEGO 41339 Friends Mia’s Camper…
My Seven Year Old’s Bookshelf
Ad – contains gifted items and affiliate links I remember when we set out to home educate, I was fixated on how I would get the children reading – it seemed like a really difficult job! In reality, I needn’t have worried. The oldest two are readers and readers who read for pleasure. It…
Super Simple Nativity Craft
This week was the annual Home Education nativity, organised by my wonderful friend. It really is amazing how she pulls the whole event together and the children all do amazingly well in putting on a wonderful performance. The format of the nativity is that as the children arrive at the hall they can do…
Win 1 of 50 Bailey’s Chocolate Twists
Ad One of the things that signals Christmas to me is Baileys! I don’t really drink it anymore but I do like to treat myself to a Baileys chocolate (or two….) Wow Free Stuff are giving you the chance to win one of 50 Baileys Chocolate Twists – they look and sound delicious and…
Thanksgiving Pumpkins (with FREE download)
Last week was the American holiday of Thanksgiving. It’s not a celebration I’m hugely knowledgable about so I thought it might be a good opportunity to host a session for some friends. When I host sessions at home I tend to do an information section, then we split into groups and do crafts and a…
